Mallet à Paris, Movement No. 1318, 42 mm, 49 g, circa 1775

A remarkable gold enamel verge pocket watch with chatelaine
Case: gold enamel, half pearl set bezels, twisted band, engine-turned and translucent cobalt blue enamelled back side, engraved gold decor, the centre with champlevé enamel: polychrome flowers in a vase against a golden ground, framed by a border of enamel pearls. Dial: enamel, radial Arabic numerals, gold "Poker & Beetle" hands. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, firegilt, chain/fusee, conical movement pillars, three-arm brass balance, fine florally engraved and pierced balance bridge.